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Meanings of scaley in English

Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.

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        Usage of scaley in English
        1
        As they neared the forest Ryllik paused and raised a scaley fore-limb, groping after a thought.
        The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
        2
        Old mistress had all the children pick up scaley barks and hickory nuts and chestnuts and walnuts.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        3
        But the man that would play that low, scaley trick on me is going to suffer for it.
        Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery
        4
        "Tastes differ," murmured the dragonette, slowly drooping its scaley eyelids over its yellow eyes, until they looked like half-moons.
        Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
        Scaley through the time